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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: simonkit on 28 May 2010, 17:43
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This is a follow on from my previous thread..
My 58 plate GTI has the "small fan not working" fault, it's been in the dealers from 9.00 - 5.30 today and they've told me it's the control module, which having read through the many threads on here I pretty much knew myself anyway :rolleyes:
The dealer now needs me to book the car back in for a further 2 days...apparently they're concerned that the part they order might not be correct as "apparently" the GTI has several different ones fitted and it's not obvious until the old one has been removed.
Me being the synical person that I ... it doesn't sound quite right to me. I'd appreciate some feedback from anyone who has had the repair done - how long did it take?
I'm seriously considering phoning another local VW dealer tomorrow
cheers
Simon
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Local dealer wanted my car in for two days to do a simple ten minute job.......
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After reading your other thread, it seams like I have the same problem. So I am all booked in for Friday morning to get it looked at, I will let you all know what they say.
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Juts get a loan car from them.That way its not a problem,
They probably will only need it for 1 day, but if the part is wrong they can order the correct one overnight for the next day. Without you having to rebook it again.
I think they are trying to help you out to be honest :smiley:
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I think they are trying to help you out to be honest :smiley:
Apparently it takes 2 hours - not sure that they're being helpful, sounds more like they don't know what they're doing !!
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I dont think its about how long the job will take, From what you said in your OP it's incase the part is wrong when it turns up. :undecided: that way they can order the right one without messing you about.
But if you want to be travleing backwards & forwards IF the part does come in wrong then just book it in for 1 day. your choise
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I dont think its about how long the job will take, From what you said in your OP it's incase the part is wrong when it turns up. :undecided: that way they can order the right one without messing you about.
But if you want to be travleing backwards & forwards IF the part does come in wrong then just book it in for 1 day. your choise
Any chance you work for a dealer :wink:
I hope this is just because the fan assembly etc is particularly complicated on the GTI and therefore not possible to order correctly for certain. A it's my first VW I hope I don't need to take it into the garage for 2 days everytime something needs doing.
Anyway, this is a bit immaterial now, here's the latest twist.....
The car went into a different dealer today for the same fault. At 3.00pm I get a call saying that they've investigated & there's no fault with the fans - both are working. They suggested however it was probably needing a re-gass which would be causing the coolant to overheat & setting the large fan off. I commented that the small fan had definitely not being working, confirmed by the 1st VW dealer. Apparently this wasn't the case (even though I know for certain it was).
My cynical guess now is that the mech today found a faulty connection/connector which now means the fans are ok but the dealer tried to squeeze £65 out of me for the privilege. My first experiences with VW dealers don't look too promising!!!
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LOL might do :rolleyes: :lipsrsealed: :grin:
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I just dropped off my GTI into Beadles VW in Dartford to get the small fan and air con looked at.
I am having the same issue, where the large fan has to work over time to keep things cool. When I pulled up at home last night I plugged this PSI tester valve into one of the air con points (think it’s the same one where you re-gas it) and I was watching the fans at the same time. Well the large one on the right hand side was working like mad, and the smaller left hand side one didn’t spin once. More worrying was that when the fan was spinning at a normal speed, the PSI reading was in the red warning part, then when the fan was spinning like crazy it would go into the yellow alert part.
Suffice to say I was a little worried, so I told the service desk guy about my findings. All was noted on the service sheet, and hopefully if anything faulty is found it is all covered under my extended warranty. Only bad point is if it needs an air con flush and re-gas I'm looking at £85, as that is not covered under the warranty. :cry:
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Suffice to say I was a little worried, so I told the service desk guy about my findings. All was noted on the service sheet, and hopefully if anything faulty is found it is all covered under my extended warranty. Only bad point is if it needs an air con flush and re-gas I'm looking at £85, as that is not covered under the warranty. :cry:
Just to follow this up....my fans appear to be working correctly now but the aircon takes ages to "kick in", it blows warm air for 5/10 minutes but then works perfectly fine. Does anyone think a re-gas is needed?
thanks
Simon
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Well the small fan got replaced, but I was still getting air con problems. It would blow hot one day then cold the next, also the pressure thing was worrying me. Anyway I dropped it off this morning to get looked at, and I picked it up at 5pm. The guy said that sods law the air con was working fine and the pressure was in the normal range whilst they had it. However after speaking to the senior tech he said that a common fault is that the pressure sensor can become faulty, so one is on order and I’m just waiting for the part to be delivered.
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Hi i am having the same problem. Could you inform me how much the pressure sensor is going to cost, thank's.
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Well when I took the car to get the AC looked at, sods law meant it all worked fine when it was in the workshop. So the dealer has said that they would replace the pressure sensor as a precaution because it is a common fault apparently.
Anyway it is all getting done under my extended warranty so I’m sorry I don’t know how much it is going to cost.
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Ok Thanks’, how does the warranty work i have a 55 plate GTI 31k VWFSH am i covered for them to fix it?
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Well from what I understand you get a 3 year warranty as standard from the date of manufacture, or delivery of the car. But as I brought mine from a VW main dealer it came with an extended 1 year warranty.